Saturday, October 11, 2008

hey, I just read the Centralia Conspiracy, by Ralph Chaplin. It a workeraccount of the 1919 Centralia Massacre where American Legion members andthe chamber of commerce attempted to raid the IWW union hall. Chaplin setsthe context for the event by going into detail about conditions in thelumber industry at the time and the history of anti-union activity inCentralia. The Centralia IWW had their union hall raided and destroyed in1918 following a strike.